And if you don't have well-trained, well-developed abs, it won't matter how much fat you lose, because you still won't like the way you look when you're thinner. In order to get that "rippled" effect, there has to be something underneath to "ripple."

So, flat tummy in minutes a day? 'Fraid not. That is, not unless those minutes are accompanied by a rehaul of the eating program that put on the unwanted layer covering those abs in the first place.

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